Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass plans to unveil her first budget on Tuesday, which calls to restore the city's police department to 9,500 officers after losing nearly 1,000 officers since 2019, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Currently at 9,130 officers, the Los Angeles Police Department is expected to lose more throughout the year, as retirement and resignation demands are up 20% more than usual, according to LAPD Chief Michel Moore.The first woman to lead Los Angeles said she is not confident she will reach her goal because hiring an extensive amount of officers when Police Academy classes are not filling up is a long shot.
In January, the LAPD implemented a hardly used bureaucratic measure that allows the chief of police to rehire retired officers back for up to a year. Informally known as the “bounce program,” they hoped to restock their roster. On April 5, the city of Los Angeles filed a lawsuit against Stop LAPD Spying Coalition and Knock LA journalist Ben Camacho for “wrongful possession” of the leaked material.
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